In an interview, Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson talks with Larry Summers, former U.S. treasury secretary and president emeritus of Harvard University, about what Trump’s decision means for the country and the economy.

When President Trump announced that the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris climate accord, he explained that it was because the agreement is bad for American workers and is harming the U.S. economy.

Lawrence H. Summers is the Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus at Harvard University. He served as the 71st Secretary of the Treasury for President Clinton and the Director of the National Economic Council for President Obama.